AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Est unusquisque faber ipsae suae fortunae (English: Each and every person is the maker of his own luck). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.

ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Camelus desiderans cornua, etiam aures perdidit (English: Hoping for horns, the camel lost its ears, too; from Adagia 3.5.8, based on the Aesop's fable about the camel).

GreekLOLz - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my GreekLOLz; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: Ἄκουε τοῦ τέτταρα ὦτα ἔχοντος.
Audi quatuor habentem aures.
Listen to the one who has four ears.

Thursday, April 27, 2017

I'll have a regular edition of the Bestiaria tomorrow, but I wanted to share here today an email I received from Evan Millner, whose work I have watched and admired for many (MANY) years now. He is using Patreon to support his work, and I am guessing some readers of this blog might be interested in Evan's new home on the Internet. I've pasted in Evan's email below:

Following mypodcast.com ceasing trading in 2010, the Latinum Podcast was homeless, and went into hibernation. As you may know, some materials were still available on Payloadz, but I was no longer regularly creating and uploading new materials.

This is all changing!

What is Patreon? Patreon is a type of crowd-funding website, for funding ongoing projects (unlike Kickstarter, which is for big one-off projects).

I have now transferred the bulk of my audio material onto Patreon's site; including material not previously released; there are already regular releases of new recordings.

I have also set up a download catalogue.

For downloads (the kind of download that is also available on Payloadz) there is a higher tier for access to the download catalogue. (This, of course, also gives access to the streaming catalogue).

I am pleased that the number of patrons is growing fast.

If you have not already signed up, would you consider becoming a patron? The funds from my patrons will help me set aside time for working regularly on Latin recording and production; if it goes very well, possibly even as my main activity.

PUBLILIUS SYRUS: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Amori finem tempus, non animus facit (English: It is time that puts an end to love, not the mind).

PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Ad Graecas calendas (English: On the Greek calends; from Adagia 1.5.84 ... which is to say, "never" because the Greek calendars did not have calend days).

ELIZABETHAN PROVERBS: Here is today's proverb commentary, this time by Taverner: Omnia idem pulvis: Al is one self dust or asshes. From earth wee came, and to earth wee shall. Yea the scripture saith that asshes wee be, and to asshes we shall reverte. Nowe amongest asshes or dust I pray you, what greate difference is ther? How will ye discerne the asshes of a Kinge, or an Emperour, of a Duke, of a great Bishop, from the asshes of a cobler, yea of a begger..

Friday, April 14, 2017

I was out of town for most of this week at a fabulous meeting organized by CanvasLMS. Are there any Canvas users out there in the Bestiaria audience? I have never been a fan of learning management system software, but I am a fan of Canvas — and specifically the Canvas teacher community. So, this week Canvas brought a group of teachers to their headquarters in Utah, which is where I saw this HOC EST STULTUM poster.

We trust you to do your job and to do it well. We hold you accountable and hope you hold us accountable. We have a clear "TELL US IF WE'RE DOING SOMETHING STUPID" policy.

Isn't that great?

They had a lot of other excellent posters on the walls of their offices too! And if you are a Canvas user and want to connect at the Community, you can find me there; here's my Community blog.

AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae (English: Tere is no great talent without an admixture of madness.). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.

ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi (English: A cliff ahead, wolves behind; from Adagia 3.4.94 ... it's like "between a rock and a hard place," but with wolves!).

PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Zaleuci lex (English: A law of Zaleucus; from Adagia 2.10.63 ... Zaleucus of Locris was supposedly the author of the first Greek law code, which was proverbial for its severity; for example, if someone was convicted of adultery, their eyes were gouged out as punishment).

ELIZABETHAN PROVERBS: Here is today's proverb commentary, this time by Taverner: Avarus nisi cum moritur, nil recte facit: A covertouse man doth no man good, but whan he dieth. They that give them selves onlie to the hourdinge up of money, be profitable to no body while they live. Only theyr death bringeth pleasure and profite to theyr heyres and executours.

GreekLOLz - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my GreekLOLz; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: Ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖς.
Elephantem ex musca facis.
You're making an elephant out of a fly.